- Years in practice
- 8
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Dana
Dana Wester is a counsellor with eight years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with adults and parents, and she speaks English. Dana focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and parenting struggles.
Dana uses an integrative style that mixes different approaches to meet each person’s needs. Sessions are straightforward and conversational. She aims to make it easy to name difficult feelings and to try small practical steps between meetings.
Background and approach
In practice she draws on approaches like person-centred work, cognitive strategies, creative techniques such as art and play, and mindfulness. These methods can help with emotional regulation, unpicking unhelpful thoughts, and finding new ways to cope with everyday pressures. Dana has worked with people dealing with trauma, grief, eating problems, sexual identity questions and self-harm.
She also supports those managing relationship difficulties, anger, bipolar mood challenges and neurodiverse concerns such as autism and Asperger syndrome. Her additional focus includes caregiver stress, communication and attachment issues. Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental space where they set the goals.
Dana places the person at the centre of the work and respects each individual’s experience. She offers practical tools alongside listening and reflection, aiming to help people make steady changes in their lives.
What Dana works with
Everything Dana lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dana helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Dana’s approaches translate to online therapy
Person-centred work focuses on listening and building understanding. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change. Cognitive strategies involve noticing and testing unhelpful thoughts, which can reduce anxiety and low mood by giving practical ways to respond.Creative methods like art or play therapy support expression when words are hard to find. These techniques can be useful for processing grief, trauma or strong emotions and can be adapted for adults and parents in online formats.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Dana will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s goals and circumstances. She adapts the work as needs change, checking in about what is helpful and what could be tried next.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and creative exercises. Phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited or a brief check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter conversations, reflective journalling, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and day-to-day life.
Questions people ask about Dana
What kinds of problems does Dana help with?
Dana works with stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. She also supports people with parenting concerns, relationship issues, trauma, grief and identity questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is integrative and practical. Sessions are conversational, with space to reflect and try simple strategies between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has eight years of professional work experience supporting adults and parents in the UK. That background includes work with trauma, eating issues and self-harm.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is able to work with international clients.
Which session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with your location and therapist availability and is billed through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by choosing the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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